Analyses of course and cause of the development of higher vocational education in China

This article firstly deals with the simple history of development of Chinese higher vocational education. And it charifies that this kind of education has now become an important part of higher education after many years' great efforts. Meanwhile, it inquires into the definition of present higher vocational education .Then it summarizes the cause of development of higher vocational education , which is the need of development of economy and society. The need of deepening educational refom and rational adjustment of higher educational stucture?the need of making higher education popular and catching up with the international vocational education in the face of challenge after joining WTO.